Measures brought forward to speed up renovation and make more cells available amid overcrowding crisis
Ministers are preparing an additional 500 prison places to cope with an influx of expected to be held on remand over the next month, the Ministry of Justice said on Monday.
Officials will also accelerate fire safety work on abandoned cells across the estate, and open a new housing block at HMP Stocken in Rutland, East Midlands. “My message to anyone who chooses to take part in this violence is simple. The police, courts and prisons stand ready and you will face the consequences of these appalling acts.”
Any decision would be made after a consultation between Mahmood and the lady chief justice, Sue Carr.
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